Week 4 CEDo 535 Blogs, Wikis and Podcast

At the end of the day in school buildings across the world, teachers will gather together to debrief each other and share news of the days successes or challenges. They will plan, share ideas and collaborate on projects with a passion that emulates that of students on their way to a field trip. This is the scene in education world 19--. Fast forward to the year 20-- and the same scene plays out on the world wide web and social webbing is the forum.

The Social Web is a way for me to be connected in what seems to be an infinite way to others who share the same or at least similar interests as me. Twitter, Face book and some of the other social networking sites as something purely recreational. I viewed Google as only a tool for searching for information. Now, I can see how using these tools can help me connect to other educators or those who help educators to get ideas for what I carry out in my classroom. An example of this would be asking others if they have resources they could share for the new instructional design being implemented by my school district. Another example of this would be getting updates or providing updates for news that directly impacts our profession.

What really excited me is the new uses I am learning about for Google. Before using Google Docs in this program, I had no idea that Google would allow others to work together simultaneously on projects. The most recent discovery for me is the ability to create a classroom page to update parents and students about the news in our classroom. How will I use what I have learned? I am still counting the ways... but first I will use it as a resource for parents and students. My hope is that my colleagues will join me.